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Filed Sept. 20, 1935 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 F. T. STACK Aug. 24, 1937.

HAT

Filed S t. 20, 1935 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 J pen Z01.- E'ank/ 1 560616 fliiorn 0y Patented Aug. '24, 1937 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE HAT Application September 20, 1935, Serial No. 41,369

7 Claims.

My present invention relates to hats and sweat leathers for hats and the art of applying the leathers to hats.

The invention comprises an improvement on that type of hat and sweat leather shown in my earlier pending patent application, bearing Ser. No. 7,177, filed Feb. 19, 1935. The invention is obviously adapted for use. in both mens and ladies hats, of any kind or sort of material.

It is an object of my invention to provide a more comfortable wearing hat which will not rub or scratch the forehead,'and one that is much less liable to permit perspiration striking through the sweat leather to the band portion of the hat, than those now upon the market, thus avoiding discoloration of the latter.

Most sweat leathers are secured in the hat body by a continuous row of stitches passing through the outer exposed edge of the sweat leather and through the'under surface portion of the hat brim, adjacent the band portion thus forming a series of needle holes through the edge of the leather and the hat body at the band portion, so the moisture from the head of the wearer is more readily admitted to the body of the hat. In addition to this objection there also remains the fact that a rough edge is formed by the annular row of stitches, that joins the edge of the leather to the body of the hat. This roughness is objected to by many wearers and obviously is irritating to the skin where it comes in direct contact therewith as for instance across the forehead.

It is, therefore, a further and important ob- "3 ject of my invention to locate the edge of the sweat leathers and row of stitches, used for the attachment of the leather, in spaced relation to the under intersection of the band and brim portion of the hat where it will be less prominent and liable to cause discomfort tothe wearer.

A further and important object of the invention is to especially prepare the inner band and brim portion of the hat body, to receive a flanged portion of the sweat leather so that the said 45 flange as well as the stitches for the same will be less prominent and more firmly attached to and set in the brim. This I accomplish first by especially preparing the under face of the inner edge portion of the brim to accommodate the 5 flange of the sweat leather according to the style forced by an applied strip as will later be more fully disclosed.

The invention further resides in the employment of a moisture resisting material between the sweat leather and body of the hat, including the depression. I also contemplate the use of cement to attach the sweat leather to the hat body and the moisture resisting material to the hat.

A further object of the invention is to provide on the underside of the brim a recess, in which the flange is positioned, and to the shoulder of which the edge of the flange may be stitched thereby not only forming a more durable and neat attachment of the leather to the hat but making the latter much easier to trim.

Several applications of the invention are shown in the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification and upon which similar characters of reference are used to denote like parts and wherein Fig. 1 shows a perspective view of an untrimmed felt hat, in an inverted position, having a circular recess formed in the under side of the inner edge of the front brim portion,

Fig. 2 shows a detached perspective view or a sweat leather adapted to be positioned in the hat body shown in Fig. 1 in the manner illustrated in the finished hat shown in Fig. 3.

Fig. 3 shows a perspective view of a trimmed felt hat in an inverted position having an improved form of sweat leather secured in the before mentioned pocket and attached thereto by a row of stitches in accordance with my invention.

Fig. 4 shows an inverted plan view of a hat, including a leather having an annular flange, that overlaps and extends around the entire inner edge of the under face of the brim.

Fig. 5 shows an enlarged perspective sectional view of a part of the hat taken on line 5 of Fig. 1 better to illustrate the formed pocket to receive the flange of the sweat leather.

Fig. 6 is a similar perspective sectional view showing an attached sweat leather, the annular flange of which is positioned in the pocket, and its edge stitched to the shoulder portion of the under face of the brim, produced by the formation of the pocket.

Fig. 7 is a further perspective view of a trimmed hat in an inverted position provided with my improved form of sweat leather secured in the before mentioned pocket by a row of stitches which extends around the sides and the rear of the brim portion but not around the edge of the flange portion as in Fig. 3.

Fig. 8 is an enlarged sectional perspective view of a part of the hat shown in Fig. '7, taken on line 8-8 thereof, and showing the use of cement as between the flange and the depressed brim portion of the hat.

Fig. 9 is a somewhat similar perspective view, illustrating the use of both cement beneath the w flanged portion of the sweat leather as in Fig.

8, and an ornamental row of stitches following the edge of the flange of the sweat leather.

Fig. illustrates a further sectional perspective view wherein I have shown the sweat leather attached to the band portion of the hat, and

Fig. 11 shows a further application of the invention wherein a piece of oiled silk or other moisture resisting material is employed between the flange portion of the sweat leather and the recess formed in the brim, all of which may be secured together by cement as illustrated.

In carrying out my invention the formation of the circular pocket portion in the under face of the brim is preferably produced by the use of a suitable band-block, not shown, having an extended metal forming-rim. In practice this band-block is placed in the crown of the hat with its extended rim positioned upon the brim, whereupon the hat and block are placed in a suitable press which serves to press the rim of the bandblock into the edge portion of the brim, adjacent the band portion of the hat, in a way to form a depression or pocket IS, without materially distorting the opposite top face portion of the brim, whereupon the band block is removed leaving the inner edge portion of the brim depressed as shown in Figs. 1 and 5. This depression I5 as shown in Fig. 1 extends around the front band portion 9 of the hat It! only, to accommodate a sweat leather having a correspondingly shaped flange, see Fig. 2, whereas if a sweat leather having an annular flange is to be used, as shown attached in Fig. 4, a band-block having an annular rim would be used to form an annular 5 pocket in the manner above described. The bottoms of these pockets [5 lie below the surface of the brim and run off into the crown at one side while a shoulder I6 is formed along its outer edge to receive the edge of the flange.

5 After the sweat leather is positioned in the hat body with its flanged portion positioned in the pocket, its raw edge portion may be whipstitched to the shoulder l6 formed along the edge of the pocket in the brim. The attached 55 flanged portion of the leather is then covered with a plate to protect the surface of the leather and the stitches, while the brim is further ironed.

Upon the drawings, 9 represents the band por- 0 tion of a felt hat l0, and II the front portion of the brim l2. The relative width of the hat brim,

front and back or sides, is not material in the carrying out of the invention since it can be applied to a narrow or wide brimmed hat or in fact to a cap or almost any form of wearing apparel if made of suitable material. l3 represents one form of sweat leather which may be made in the usual manner except that it is provided with an annular flange [4 that is formed integral with 70 the leather and extends outward at substantially a right angle to the body of the annularly formed leather. This flange may be annular as shown in Fig. 4 of substantially uniform width or it may project from the front portion of the hat only as 75 shown at Ma in Figs. 3 and 7, and as indicated is of substantially crescent shape with a convex edge I"! stitched or otherwise secured to the under shouldered brim portion of the hat, the said stitches I8 passing through said edge and the shoulder l6 of the brim, in a way to snugly retain. the flange in the pocket, see Figs. 6, 8 and 10. Both of these forms of flanges are shaped to fit and lie in the depression or pocket formed to receive them in the under inner edge portion of the brim so that when secured and ironed as shown in the drawings, the surface of the flange will lie substantially flush with the adjacent under surface of the brim and not extend above it and form an objectionable obstruction and appcarance.

In order to guard against undue stretch of the front part of the sweat leather and hat, to the extent of losing the head size, I attach a strip of non-elastic material l9 such as cotton, in any suitable manner to the back side of the sweat leather in substantially the manner shown in Figs. 2 and 6 at a suitable distance up from the flange which I find permits flexibility and comfort to the wearer yet prevents undue stretching and retains the head size.

Figs. 7 to 11 illustrate modifications and practical adaptations of the invention with a view of further guarding against the possibility of perspiration striking through to the body of the hat especially across the front band portion where q dampness is most likely to come through from the forehead. In this respect it will be seen that in Fig. '7 I have omitted the stitches across the convex edge ll of the forwardly disposed flange Ma and rely, as shown in Fig. 8, upon cement 20 to hold the flange in the pocket and to the body of the hat. In this connection I also propose to use the cotton strip I!) as indicated. In Fig. 9 I have illustrated a form where both cement and the stitches are used in the attachment of the flanged sweat leather.

No stitches are shown in Fig. 10 where I rely entirely on cement 2| as between the body of the sweat leather and the annular inner band portion of the hat, which I find serves to hold both the leather and its flange in desired position, and Fig. 11 shows the application of an annular strip of oiled silk 23 or other moisture resisting material, as between the sweat leather and the body of the hat, the same being secured by the use of cement 22 on both sides of the oiled silk.

A hat constructed in accordance with my invention having either a partially or fully flanged leather as described above, having its line of stitches placed out from the knee or band portion of the hat, is obviously more comfortable to wear than one employing the old type of sweat band wherein the edge of the band is stitched to the knee or band portion of the hat, which latter form of attachment obviously serves to prevent flexibility or stretching of the hat size, which is most noticeable across the forehead. My sweat leather, including its flange extended from the front edge of the leather naturally makes the front part of the hat more flexible and comfortable where it engages the forehead, that part of the head not covered with hair.

Having thus described my invention what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A hat of the class described including a crown and brim portion and having a circular pocket formed in the underside of a portion of the inner edge of the brim forming a shouldered side wall, a sweat leather seated in the hat and having a flanged portion disposed outward in said pocket, and a row of stitches passing through the edge portion of the flange of the leather and the shoulder of the pocket for attaching the leather to the hat, the combined thickness of the flange and pocket portion of the brim being the same as the thickness of the remaining portion of the brim.

2. A hat of the class described including a crown and brim portion and having a circular pocket formed in the underside of the inner edge of the brim, a sweat leather positioned in the hat and having a flanged portion disposed outward in said pocket forming with the over-lying part of the hat brim a combined reinforced thickness no greater than that of the remaining portion of the brim, and a layer of adhesive cement between the sweat leather and the body of the hat for attaching the leather to the hat.

3. As a new article of manufacture a hat sweat leather having an. outwardly disposed flange the length of which substantially corresponds with the distance across the forehead of the wearer of the hat to which the band is to be applied and 2-5 a piece of relatively narrow fabric of a length materially less than that of the sweat leather secured to the back of the sweat leather below said flange to prevent the sweat leather from stretching.

4. A hat of the class described including a crown and brim portion and having a circular pocket formed in the underside of one end portion of the inner edge of the brim, a sweat leather positioned in the hat and having a flange, the

length of which is less than that of the leather and disposed outward in said pocket, a relatively narrow strip of fabric slightly longer than said flange, positioned between the leather and band portion of the hat and adjacent to said flange to prevent the head size of the hat from stretching, and means for securing the leather and strip in the hat.

5. A hat of the class described including a. crown and brim portion and having a circular pocket formed in the underside of the inner edge of the brim, a sweat leather positioned in the hat and having a flanged portion disposed outward in said pocket forming with the overlying part of the hat brim a combined reinforced thickness no greater than that of the remaining portion of the brim, and a layer of adhesive cement between the flange of the sweat leather and the under portion of the brim for attaching the leather to the hat.

6. A hat of the class described including a crown and brim portion and having a circular pocket formed in the underside of the inner edge of the brim, a sweat leather positioned in the hat and having a flanged portion disposed outward in said pocket forming with the overlying part of the hat brim a combined reinforced thickness no greater than that of the remaining portion of the brim, and means between the flange of the sweat leather and the under portion of the brim for attaching the leather to the hat.

7. A hat of the class described including a crown and brim portion, and having a circular pocket formed in the under side of the inner edge of the brim, a sweat leather positioned in the hat and having a flanged portion disposed outward in said pocket, a strip of waterproof material positioned between the sweat leather and the hat body and including an outwardly disposed flange positioned between the flange of the leather and the hat body, thus forming with the flange of the leather an overlying part of the hat brim, a combined reinforced thickness no greater than that of the remaining portion of the brim, and means between the flanges and the under portion of the brim for attaching the leather to the hat.

FRANK T. STACK. 

